Golf Bag With Club Head Placed Downwards

ABSTRACT

A golf bag in which club heads are placed downwards is provided. A club support ( 20 ) is arranged therein near the front of a bag body ( 10 ), at the upper portion of which is disposed a club positioning plate ( 21 ) and at a bottom portion of which is disposed a club head positioning slot ( 22 ) to accommodate the club head. When the club ( 30 ) is not in use, it is arranged on the club support ( 20 ) with the club head ( 31 ) placed downwards, and the upper and lower ends are supported and positioned by the club positioning plate ( 21 ) and the club head positioning slot ( 22 ) respectively. The front side of the bag body ( 10 ) is arranged with a bag cover ( 11 ) open sideward. By placing the club head downwards, the gravity of the bag can transfer to the bottom portion thereof.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims the priority benefit of PCT application serialno. PCT/CN2006/001996, filed on Aug. 7, 2006, which claims Chinesepatent application no. 200510037227.3, filed on Sep. 23, 2005. Theentirety of each of the above-mentioned patent applications isincorporated herein by reference and made a part of this specification.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention generally relates to a golf bag for carrying golfaccessories, in particular, to a golf bag in which club heads are placeddownwards to maintain the balance of the bag.

2. Description of Related Art

Since its initiation, the golf sport has been existing for over hundredsof years. To date, the golf accessories include golf balls, clubs and agolf bag for carrying the clubs and other accessories. Despite ofvarious shapes, the traditional golf bags share a common feature. Thatis, the clubs therein are all placed with the club heads upwards and thehandles downwards. Such a mode is widely and always adopted by mostgolfers. However, the defects thereof are obvious. First of all, onegolf bag is usually equipped with tens of clubs, heads of which arepaced upwards, thus resulting in that the gravity of the bag ispositioned at the upper part thereof. As a result, the upper part of thebag overweighs the lower part, and then the bag can easily inclinesidewards when in use, leading to inconvenience and damage to the clubs.Second, a bag of full load while lacking balance can result ininconvenience when a golfer is shouldering the bag. As the golf sportbecomes increasingly prevailing, the above issue is increasinglyobvious. Then, the solution thereof has become inevitable.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In order to solve the above-mentioned issue, the present invention aimsto provide a golf bag in which club heads are placed downwards, thustransferring the gravity of the bag to the bottom portion thereof.Therefore, the bag can be placed more stably and carried moreconveniently, and clubs can be easily picked or placed.

To achieve this object, the present invention provides a golf bag with aclub support placed near the front therein, in which club heads areplaced downwards. On the upper portion of the club support is disposed aclub positioning plate, and on the bottom is disposed a club headpositioning slot which could accommodates the club heads. When a club isnot in use, it can be disposed on the club support with the club headplaced downwards, and the upper and lower ends are supported andpositioned by the club positioning plate and the club head positioningslot respectively. The front side of the bag body is provided with a bagcover that can be opened sideward.

The club support is an arc-shaped plate corresponding to the shape ofthe bag body and disposed along an axial direction of the bag on theside away from the open end of a shelf. At the upper portion and thebottom portion of the club support are provided with the clubpositioning plate and the club head positioning slot respectively.

The club positioning plate on the club support is an annular plateprotruding out of the support and arranged with a plurality of grooveson the edge thereof, such that the clubs can be accommodated therein.

The club head positioning slot on the club support is an annular slotdepressed inwards and disposed along a lower edge of the club support.It is divided into a plurality of grooves corresponding to the grooveson the club positioning plate, each of which can accommodate one clubhead.

A free end of the bag cover is connected to the bag body in an openablemanner through a zip, snap, Velcro, or buckle.

An end of the handle of the club is marked with a club identifier.

The present invention contributes to effectively solving the issue thatthe upper part of a traditional bag overweighs the lower part. Thanks tosuch an inverted structure, the clubs can be placed in the bag with theclub heads placed downwards, and thus the gravity of the bag transfersto the bottom portion thereof. Therefore, the bag can be stably placedwhen in use, unlikely to lean to the ground or cause damage to theclubs. In addition, due to a bag cover provided near the club supportthat can be opened sidewards, the clubs can be picked out of and placedin the bag conveniently.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of the external configuration of thepresent invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic back view of the external configuration of thepresent invention.

FIG. 3 is a front cutaway view of the structure of the presentinvention.

FIG. 4 is a side cutaway view of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view for showing the club identifier marked on aclub.

DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

The following embodiments further demonstrate and illustrate the presentinvention, with no limitation to the scope of the present invention.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a golf bag in which club heads are placeddownwards in the present invention includes a generallycylindrical-shaped bag body 10, and a bag cover 13 disposed at the upperportion of the bag body 10. The generally cylindrical-shaped bag bodyhas a square, round, or oval cross-section and the upper end thereof isopen. The bag cover has one end thereof stitched on the back portion ofthe bag body (see FIG. 2), and the two sides thereof connected with thebag body in an openable manner through two zips 14. When in use, the bagcover 13 is unzipped and turned backwards. As shown in FIG. 4, at theback of the bag body is provided with a plastic shelf 40, which isarranged with a plurality of shelf compartments 41 along thelongitudinal direction. Each compartment can accommodate differentarticles. Furthermore, a plurality of fetch openings corresponding tothe shelf compartments 41 are disposed at the back of the bag body, eachof which is provided with a zip cover 15, see FIG. 2.

Referring to FIGS. 3 and 4, a club support 20 made of plastics isdisposed near the front of the bag body 10 therein, which may bearranged separately or be integrated with the shelf 40. The club supportis an arc-shaped plate corresponding to the shape of the bag body 10 anddisposed along the axial direction of the bag on the side away from theopen end of the shelf 40, with the surface thereof slightly incliningoutwards such that the clubs cannot easily drop. On the upper portion ofthe club support 20 is disposed a club positioning plate 21, which is anannular plate placed horizontally and protruding out of the support, andprovided with a plurality of semi-circular grooves 211 at intervals atthe edge thereof. The grooves 211 are used to position the upper part ofthe clubs. At the bottom portion of the club support is disposed a clubhead positioning slot 22, which is an annular slot depressed inwards anddisposed along the lower edge of the club support, and has a U-shapedsection. At the open end of the positioning slot 22 is provided with asupporting surface 222 inclining inwards from the opening. Thesupporting surface matches the inclination angle of the external surfaceof the club head when the club is placed on the club support, such thatthe club head will not drop. The club head positioning slot 22 isdivided into a plurality of grooves 221, each of which is correspondingto the groove 211 on the club positioning plate 21 thereabove. Each clubhandle is placed into the groove 211 of the club positioning plate 21,while the club head is placed into the corresponding groove 221 of theclub head positioning slot 22.

FIGS. 3 and 4 show the status of the clubs placed in the bag. When theclub 30 is not in use, it can be placed on the club support 20 with theclub head 31 facing downwards, and the upper and lower ends respectivelysupported and positioned by the club positioning plate 21 and the clubhead positioning slot 22.

As shown in FIG. 1, in order to pick and place the clubs conveniently, abag cover 11 that can be opened sidewards is arranged at the front endof the bag body 10, of which one long edge is stitched to the bag body,while the other free ends are connected to the bag body 10 in anopenable manner through a zip 16. Referring to FIG. 3, when the bagcover 11 is opened, the front end of the bag is completely open, suchthat the golfer can clearly see all the golf clubs placed on the clubsupport 20.

Referring to FIG. 5, each club 30 is marked with a club identifier 32near one end of the handle thereof. The identifier is indicated innumber, such that the golfer can pick the appropriate club quickly andaccurately.

1. A golf bag in which club heads are placed downwards, wherein a club support (20) is disposed therein near the front of a bag body (10), on the upper portion of the club support (20) is disposed a club positioning plate (21) and on the bottom portion of which is disposed a club head positioning slot (22) to accommodate club heads (31); when a club (30) is not in use, it is arranged on the club support (20) with a club head (31) placed downwards, and the upper and lower ends are supported and positioned by the club positioning plate (21) and the club head positioning slot (22) respectively; and the front end of the bag body (10) is provided with a bag cover (11) open sideward.
 2. The golf bag as claimed in claim 1, wherein the club support (20) is an arc-shaped plate corresponding to the shape of the bag body (10) and disposed along an axial direction of the bag on the side away from the open end of a shelf (12); and the club positioning plate (21) and the club head positioning slot (22) are respectively disposed at the upper portion and the bottom portion of the club support (20).
 3. The golf bag as claimed in claim 2, wherein the club positioning plate (21) of the club support is an annular plate protruding out of the club support and arranged with a plurality of grooves (211) at the edge thereof such that the clubs can be accommodated therein.
 4. The golf bag as claimed in claim 2, wherein the club head positioning slot (22) of the club support is an annular slot depressed inwards and disposed along a lower edge of the club support, the slot being divided into a plurality of grooves (221), each of which is corresponding to the groove (211) on the club positioning plate (21) and can accommodate one club head.
 5. The golf bag as claimed in claim 1, wherein a free end of the bag cover (11) is connected to the bag body (10) in an openable manner through a zip, snap, Velcro, or buckle.
 6. The golf bag as claimed in claim 1, wherein the club (30) is marked with a club identifier (32) near one end of the handle. 